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The Chiltern Hundreds
1949, Sep 27
1h 24m
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Written by
Patrick Kirwan, William Douglas-Home
Desmond Llewelyn
First Guardsman (uncredited)
David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym
Laurence Naismith
Reporter (uncredited)
Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham
Anthony Steel
Adjutant
Richard Wattis
Vicar (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
Michael Brennan
Sergeant
A.E. Matthews
Lord Lister
Bill Shine
Reporter
Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes
Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding
Joan Hopkins
Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent
Dervis Ward
Driver
John Wynn
Second Guardsman
Charles Cullum
Colonel
Gerald Andersen
Mr. Brown
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